Patent 10244547 was granted and assigned to Denso on March, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A radio communication terminal comprises a data classification part, a data value unit price determination part, a transmission value unit price determination part, a transmission order control part, a resource allocation part and a transmission part. The data classification part acquires transmission data from a data supply source, classifies the transmission data by priority class based on a communication quality request, which is determined by types of the transmission data, and stores the transmission data in a priority buffer in correspondence to the priority class. The data value unit price determination part determines a data value unit price of the transmission data. The transmission value unit price determination part determines a transmission data value unit price based on the data value unit price. The transmission order control part assigns a transmission order to the transmission data having the transmission data value unit price higher than a predetermined transmission threshold value. The resource allocation part allocates a communication resource to the transmission data based on the transmission order. The transmission part transmits the transmission data by the communication resource allocated by the resource allocation part.